If you've been following the "controversy" about "truthiness" on the Colbert Report, you might be interested to know that the guy he keeps picking on, Michael Adams, was in my department until just a couple of years ago. It's curious how he gets himself into popular culture stuff! His book from about three years ago was on the linguistics of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Go figure!<br><br>. . . . . Here's lookin' at [color:red]you</font color=red> kid.

I love the Colbert Report. Good topical humor without the hard line Liberal agenda of Stewart and The Daily Show. Speaking of which. Without Colbert and Carell (their even steven segments were hilarious) the show is hardly worth watching. At least they still have Corddry. But, I hardly ever watch anymore.<br><br>

No kidding?? Small world! Too bad he's on Colbert's board now. <br><br><br><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>Without Colbert and Carell (their even steven segments were hilarious) the show is hardly worth watching.<p><hr></blockquote><p>I beg to differ. Carell started to really suck toward the end, and I also thought Rob Corddry was better than Colbert when the two were both on there. I also really like Ed Helms.<br><br>Nothing against Colbert, he's funny, but his delivery isn't near as good as Jon's and I find his interviews obnoxious.<br><br>

That's hilarious, but did you watch tonight? Colbert forgave him for his mistake as part of his bit, but in the phone conversation, Michael Adams said he was not familiar with the Colbert Report. He claimed to get his information from Webster. That doesn't make much sense.<br><br>-- Charlie Alpha Roger Yankee Whiskey

The two shows are so different it's hard to compare them. Stewart is not really acting; Colbert is always acting.<br><br>In many ways I find Colbert's show even more liberal than Stewart's, by the way. He takes the Jonathan Swift approach to satire, like in "A Modest Proposal," by taking the right wing position to its logical extreme and so showing its absurdity.<br><br>. . . . . Here's lookin' at [color:red]you</font color=red> kid.

Not Webster's--Michael referred to the Oxford English Dictionary, which does list "truthy," first recorded in the late 19th century.<br><br>. . . . . Here's lookin' at [color:red]you</font color=red> kid.

It's all pretty funny. I just finished reading the Wiki on "truthiness". I watched tonight Colbert. The picture they had up during the telephone conversation was a hoot. But you're going to tell me he really looks like that?<br><br><br><br><br>(__*__)

The two shows are so different it's hard to compare them. Stewart is not really acting; Colbert is always acting.<br><br>Imagine that. Acting and being entertaining on a comedy show on Comedy Central.<br><br>In many ways I find Colbert's show even more liberal than Stewart's<br>by the way. He takes the Jonathan Swift approach to satire, like in "A Modest Proposal," by taking the right wing position to its logical extreme and so showing its absurdit<br><br>From what I've seen he's doing that with the right wing, left wing and just about anything the show covers. I fully expected the same agenda as the Daily Show. You know the passive aggressive approach to a liberal bully bulpit. Stewart loves to say we're the fake news. We're a comedy show. But, it uses real news to drive an agenda the same way Michael Moore does. And as I've stated on this board many times I'm not a conservative. I've voted in every Presidential election since the early eighties and have never voted for a Bush. But, one sided agendas on "comedy" shows irk me.<br><br>I won't go any further since this the ML not the PL. <br><br>

Oh yeah...<br><br>Anyhow, it's strange that the guy would come up with the very accurate definition "truthy, not facty" without claiming to have watched the show. Oh well, the whole ordeal has been hilarious on the report. He even milked it for a joke about the E Street Band.<br><br>-- Charlie Alpha Roger Yankee Whiskey

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